This is a list of Slavic peoples and

Slavic tribes This is a list of Slavic peoples and Slavic tribes reported in Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages, that is, before the year AD 1500. Ancestors *Proto-Indo-Europeans (Proto-Indo-European speakers) ** Proto-Balto-Slavs (common ancestors of B ...

reported in

Late Antiquity Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...

and in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

, that is, before the year AD 1500.

Ancestors

Proto-Indo-Europeans The Proto-Indo-Europeans are a hypothetical prehistoric population of Eurasia who spoke Proto-Indo-European (PIE), the ancestor of the Indo-European languages according to linguistic reconstruction. Knowledge of them comes chiefly from ...

(

Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages. No direct record of Proto-Indo- ...

speakers) ** Proto-Balto-Slavs (common ancestors of

Balts The Balts or Baltic peoples ( lt, baltai, lv, balti) are an ethno-linguistic group of peoples who speak the Baltic languages of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. One of the features of Baltic languages is the number ...

and Slavs) (

Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Balto-Slavic (PBS or PBSl) is a reconstructed hypothetical proto-language descending from Proto-Indo-European (PIE). From Proto-Balto-Slavic, the later Balto-Slavic languages are thought to have developed, composed of sub-branches Baltic ...

speakers) ***

Proto-Slavs The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately the 5th to the 10th centuries AD) in Central and Eastern Europe and established the foundations for the Slav ...

(

Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium B.C. through the 6th ...

speakers)

Antiquity

* Veneti /

Sporoi Sporoi ( el, Σπόροι) or Spori was according to Eastern Roman scholar Procopius (500–560) the old name of the Antes and Sclaveni, two Early Slavic branches. Procopius stated that the Sclaveni and Antes spoke the same language, but he did n ...

(common ancestors of all Slavs,

, and the

West Slavs The West Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak the West Slavic languages. They separated from the common Slavic group around the 7th century, and established independent polities in Central Europe by the 8th to 9th centuries. The West Slavic lan ...

with the same name). It is hypothesized that

had their origin in western

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

- west of the

Dnieper } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and ...

, east of the

Vistula The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

, south of the

Pripyat Marshes __NOTOC__ The Pinsk Marshes ( be, Пінскія балоты, ''Pinskiya baloty''), also known as the Pripet Marshes ( be, Прыпяцкія балоты, ''Prypiackija baloty''), the Polesie Marshes, and the Rokitno Marshes, are a vast natural ...

and north of the Carpathian Mountains and the

Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

, to the northwest of the

Pontic Pontic, from the Greek ''pontos'' (, ), or "sea", may refer to: The Black Sea Places * The Pontic colonies, on its northern shores * Pontus (region), a region on its southern shores * The Pontic–Caspian steppe, steppelands stretching from no ...

Eurasian Steppes The Eurasian Steppe, also simply called the Great Steppe or the steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biome. It stretches through Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Transnistri ...

and south of the

Baltic peoples The Balts or Baltic peoples ( lt, baltai, lv, balti) are an ethno-linguistic group of peoples who speak the Baltic languages of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. One of the features of Baltic languages is the number ...

, especially West Baltic peoples, with whom they have common ancestors, the

Balto-Slavs The Balto-Slavic languages form a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, traditionally comprising the Baltic and Slavic languages. Baltic and Slavic languages share several linguistic traits not found in any other Indo-European bran ...

are mainly associated with

Zarubintsy culture The Zarubintsy or Zarubinets culture was a culture that, from the 3rd century BC until the 1st century AD, flourished in the area north of the Black Sea along the upper and middle Dnieper and Pripyat Rivers, stretching west towards the Southern ...

that had possible links to the ancient peoples of the

basin (

Przeworsk culture The Przeworsk culture () was an Iron Age material culture in the region of what is now Poland, that dates from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD. It takes its name from the town Przeworsk, near the village where the first Artifact (arch ...

Proto Proto or PROTO may refer to: Language * Proto-, an English prefix meaning "first" Media * ''Proto'' (magazine), an American science magazine * Radio Proto in Cyprus Music * ''Proto'' (Holly Herndon album), 2019 * ''Proto'' (Leo O'Kelly ...

and

Early Slavs The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately the 5th to the 10th centuries AD) in Central and Eastern Europe and established the foundations for the S ...

, who were closely related to the

, were more influenced by the ancient

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

(

La Tène culture The La Tène culture (; ) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any defi ...

) and by the

Scythians The Scythians or Scyths, and sometimes also referred to as the Classical Scythians and the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern * : "In modern scholarship the name 'Sakas' is reserved for the ancient tribes of northern and eastern Centra ...

and

Sarmatians The Sarmatians (; grc, Σαρμαται, Sarmatai; Latin: ) were a large confederation of ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic peoples of classical antiquity who dominated the Pontic steppe from about the 3rd century BC to the 4th cen ...

(

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

Eurasian Steppe

Iranian peoples The Iranian peoples or Iranic peoples are a diverse grouping of Indo-European peoples who are identified by their usage of the Iranian languages and other cultural similarities. The Proto-Iranians are believed to have emerged as a separat ...

from the northeast group who were nomads or seminomads). According to

Marija Gimbutas Marija Gimbutas ( lt, Marija Gimbutienė, ; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of " Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis ...

, the people named " Scythian Farmers", mentioned by

Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society ...

, were the

, who bordered and lived south of the

, and not

. ** Antes (ancestors of the

East Slavs The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert H ...

; some were also the ancestors of part of

and

South Slavs South Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, ...

) ** Veneti (ancestors of the West Slavs; some were also the ancestors of part of East Slavs and

) **

Sclaveni The ' (in Latin) or ' (various forms in Greek, see below) were early Slavic tribes that raided, invaded and settled the Balkans in the Early Middle Ages and eventually became the progenitors of modern South Slavs. They were mentioned by early Byz ...

(ancestors of the

)

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

East Slavs

East Slavic tribes peoples 8th 9th century

* Antes (common ancestors of the

; some were also the ancestors of part of

and

) ** Western-Northern groups *** Western Russian group / Western Ruthenian group / Western Old East Slavs ("Russians" or "Russian group" in the broad sense means Old East Slavic peoples, the common group from where modern

ethnic groups An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

peoples A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...

of the Rusinians,

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

, Belarusians and

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

descend and not only Russians in the narrow sense) **** Southwestern group (roughly in a large part of the hypothesized region of

origin) *****

Dulebes The Dulebes, Dulebs, Dudlebi or Dulibyh ( uk, Дуліби) were one of the tribal unions of Early Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries. According to medieval sources they lived in Western Volhynia, as well as southern parts of the Duch ...

(''Dulebi''), ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians and part of

Czechs The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, ...

. Assimilated into several East Slavic tribes or were the ancestors of them: the

Volhynians The Volhynians ( uk , Волиняни, Volyniany, pl , Wołynianie) were an East Slavic tribe of the Early Middle Ages and the Principality of Volhynia in 987–1199. Historiography Russian Perspective Russian historiography on regions ...

Drevlians The Drevlians ( uk, Древляни, Drevliany, russian: Древля́не, Drevlyane) were a tribe of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries, which inhabited the territories of Polesia and right-bank Ukraine, west of the ea ...

, Polans,

Dregoviches The Dregoviches or Dregovichi ( Belarusian: дрыгавічы, ''dryhavičy'', ; russian: дреговичи, dregovichi; ua, дреговичі, drehovychi) were one of the tribal unions of Early East Slavs, and inhabited the territories ...

, and possibly

Buzhans The Buzhans () were one of the tribal unions of Early Slavs, which supposedly formed East Slavs in Southern Russia and Volga region. They are mentioned as ''Buzhane'' in the Rus' Primary Chronicle. Several localities in Russia are claimed to be co ...

, eventually to become part of the

Kievan Rus' Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of ...

. ******

/ Bugans (''Bugane'' > ''Buzhane''; > � zh = � (in the regions of the Southern Bug and Western Bug rivers) ******* Southern Bug Buzhans (Southern Bug Slavs) (''Buzhane''), ancestors of Ukrainians and Russians ******* Western Bug Buzhans ( Western Bug Slavs) /

(''Volynyane''), ancestors of Ukrainians and part of

******

/ Dregovichians (''Dregovichi''), same with Draguvites, ancestors of Belarusians ******

Drevlyans The Drevlians ( uk, Древляни, Drevliany, russian: Древля́не, Drevlyane) were a tribe of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries, which inhabited the territories of Polesia and right-bank Ukraine, west of the ea ...

(''Drevlyane''), ancestors of Ukrainians and Belarusians ******

Polans (eastern) The Polans (, ''Poliany'', ''Polyane'', pl, Polanie), also Polianians, were an East Slavic tribe between the 6th and the 9th century, which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river from Liubech to Rodnia and also down the lower streams of ...

(''Polyane''), ancestors of Ukrainians, in

right (western) bank,

Kyiv region Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but ...

. ***** Teverians (''Tivertsi / Tyvertsi'') / Stadici / Stadichi ('' Stadychi'')?, ancestors of Ukrainians and part of

Moldovans Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians ( ro, moldoveni , Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень), are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and the largest ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova (75.1% of the population as of 2014) and a sign ...

and

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

**** Khorvaty, in Prykarpattia and Zakarpattia, ancestors of

Rusyns Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn, an East Slavic language variety, treated variously as either a distinct langu ...

, and

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

**** Southern group ***** Don Slavs *****

Ulichians The Uliches or Ugliches ( ro, Ulici or ; russian: Уличи or , or ; uk, Уличі , or ) were a tribe of Early East Slavs who, between the eighth and the tenth centuries, inhabited (along with the Tivertsi) Bessarabia, and the territories ...

(''

Ulichi The Uliches or Ugliches ( ro, Ulici or ; russian: Уличи or , or ; uk, Уличі , or ) were a tribe of Early East Slavs who, between the eighth and the tenth centuries, inhabited (along with the Tivertsi) Bessarabia, and the territories ...

''), ancestors of Ukrainians, and part of

(especially

) **** Central group ***** Radimichians /

Radimichs The Radimichs (also Radimichi) ( be, Радзiмiчы, russian: Радимичи, uk, Радимичі and pl, Radymicze) were an East Slavic tribe of the last several centuries of the 1st millennium, which inhabited upper east parts of the ...

(''Radimichi''), ancestors of Belarusians and part of

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

***** Severians (''Severyane''), ancestors of Ukrainians, Russians and part of Bulgarians, Slavic Bulgarians *** Old Russian group / Northern Russian group / Northern Ruthenian group / Northern Old East Slavs **** Northeastern group (Krivichian-Vyatichian group) (Krivichians and Vyatichians had a relevant part in the formation of Proto-Russians) ***** Krivichians (''Krivichi''), ancestors of Belarusians and Russians (

Rus' principalities, Principalities roughly corresponded to older tribal lands) ****** Polochans (''Polochans, Polochane'') / Polotskian Krivichians, in Polotsk Principality, Polotsk Land (''Polotsk Principality, Polotskaya Zemlya'') (later Polotsk Principality), ancestors of Belarusians ****** Pskovians / Pskovian Krivichians, in Pskov Oblast, Pskov Land (''Pskovskaya oblast', Pskovskaya Zemlya''), ancestors of Russians ****** Smolenians / Smolenian Krivichians, in Smolensk principality, Smolensk Land (''Smolensk principality, Smolenskaya Zemlya'') (later Smolensk Principality), ancestors of Russians ****** Tverians / Tverian Krivichians, in Tver Principality, Tver Land (''Tver Principality, Tver'skaya Zemlya'') (later Tver Principality), ancestors of Russians ****** Zalessians / Zalessian Krivichians, in Zalesye, Zalessa Land or ''Zalesye'' (''Zalesye, Zalesskaya Zemlya'') / Opolyans / Opolyan Krivichians, in Opolye Land or Opolye (''Opolye, Opolskaya Zemlya'') (later Rostov-Suzdal, Rostov-Suzdal Principality or Vladimir-Suzdal Principality, that gradually evolved into the Grand Duchy of Moscow also called Muscovite Russia or Muscovite Rus') (this political entity is traditionally perceived as a cradle of the Great Russian language and Great Russian people, i.e. the Russians as a distinct Slavic people) (originally Moscow region was an enclave inhabited by a remnant of the Dniepr-Oka

, the Eastern Galindians or Galindians, Goliad', which were conquered in the middle of 11th century by Rostov-Suzdal) ***** Vyatichians (''Vyatichi'') also Vyatichi, Oka Slavs, ancestors of Russians (

Rus' principalities, Principalities roughly corresponded to older tribal lands) ****** Kozelians / Kozelian Vyatichians, in Kozelsk Land (roughly in today's Kozelsk town and Kaluga Oblast, Kaluga and Tula Oblast, Tula regions, later part of the Chernigov Principality by conquest) ****** Ryazanians / Ryazanian Vyatichians, in Ryazan Principality, Ryazan' Land (later Ryazan Principality or Murom-Ryazan Principality, Murom-Ryazan) ** Northwestern group (possible Northern Slavic group?) (they had a relevant part in the formation of Proto-Russians) *** Ilmen Slavs / Ilmen Slavs, Ilmen Slovenians (''Ilmen Slavs, Slovene''), also known as Ilmen Slavs, Novgorod Slovenes, Novgorod Slavs (''Ilmen Slavs, Slovene''), ancestors of Russians **** Bezhetians / Bezhetian Ilmen Slovenians (in Bezhetsk Land - ''Bezhetsk Land, Begetskaję Zemlę'') (later part of the Novgorod Land - ''Novgorod Land, Novgorodskaję Zemlę'', and the Novgorod Republic) **** Derevians / Derevian Ilmen Slovenians (in Dereva Land - ''Dereva Land, Derevskaję Zemlę'') (later part of the Novgorod Land - ''Novgorod Land, Novgorodskaję Zemlę'', and the Novgorod Republic) **** Obonegians / Obonegian Ilmen Slovenians (in Obonego Land - ''Obonego Land, Obonegskaję Zemlę'') (later part of the Novgorod Land - ''Novgorod Land, Novgorodskaję Zemlę'', and the Novgorod Republic) **** Shelonians / Shelonian Ilmen Slovenians (in Shelona Land - ''Shelona Land, Shelonskaję Zemlę'') (later part of the Novgorod Land - ''Novgorod Land, Novgorodskaję Zemlę'', and the Novgorod Republic)

West Slavs

* Veneti / Wends? (common ancestors of

; some were also the ancestors of part of

and

) ** Czech–Moravian-Slovak group *** Bohemians (tribe), Bohemians (''Bohemians (tribe), Čechové''), tribal confederation, in Bohemia, Czech Republic. Ancestors of

**** Berunzani (a Slavic Bohemian tribe, ''Bohemians (tribe), Chekhove'', of West Bohemia) **** Bohemians (tribe), Chekhove proper / ''Čechové'' (Bohemians (tribe), Bohemian Slavs proper), also known as Pragani (''Bohemians (tribe), Fraganeo''), the tribe that lived in the Prague and Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemian regions **** Děčané (Slavic tribe), Děčané, in Děčín region, Czech Republic **** Dulebes, Dudlebi (''Doudlebi / Doudlebové'') (Bohemian

), a group of Dulebes assimilated as a Bohemians (tribe), Slavic Bohemian or Bohemians (tribe), Czech tribe. (they lived in most of the southern half of Bohemia) **** Khébané (''Chébané'' / ''Hbané'') **** Khodove (''Chodové'') ("Walkers", "Patrollers" or "Rangers") (formed from recruited people originating in the western Carpathian Mountains) (in Tuhošt' Land) **** Litoměřici or Lutomerizi, in the Czech lands from the sixth century (they lived in the Litoměřice region) **** Luchane / Luchani / Lutsane (''Lučané'') **** Lemuzi **** Lupiglai **** Pshovane (''Pšované'') / Besunzane (Bežunčani) **** Sedlichane (''Sedličané'' / ''Sedlčané'') **** Volynyane, a group of

(Volhynians, Volhynian Buzhans) assimilated as a Bohemians (tribe), Slavic Bohemian or Bohemians (tribe), Czech tribe. **** White Croats, Bohemian (they lived in most of the northeastern and eastern Bohemia - ''Bohemia, Čeche'' and they bordered White Serbs by the north) **** Zlicans (Zlitsans) / Zlichane (''Zličané''), in Bohemia (Czech). Ancestors of Czechs and possibly Poles. *** Moravians (tribe), Moravians / Merehani, Northern Merehani (''Moravians (tribe), Moravane''), tribal confederation, in Záhorie (Slovakia) and Moravia. Ancestors of (modern) Moravians and part of the Slovaks. The Morava River (Central Europe), Morava river of Moravia was in their lands. Ancestors of the Merehani, South Moravians (Merehani), in Morava River (Serbia), Morava river valley, east Serbia, that migrated south of the Danube and were assimilated by

. **** Ganátsi / Hanátsi (''Hanáci'') **** Golasitsi / Holasitsi (''Holasici'') **** Gorátsi / Horátsi (''Horáci'') **** (''Podyjští Moravané'') ***Slovaks* (more appropriately Slovaks, Sloveni for time period of this article), also called Principality of Nitra, Nitran Slavs / Váh Slavs / Hungarian Slavs / Moravian ''Principality of Nitra, Slovenes'' ''/'' Sloväni / Slověniny), tribal confederation, in Slovakia and northern parts of Hungary, possibly western Hungary as well. Ancestors of Slovaks, mayhaps were part of broader Slavic group sharing the same name (notice similarities with the south Slavic Slovenes, Slovenians). Sometimes referred to as ''Slovieni'', although this word is generally incorrect, being a contracted term from 19th century. Note: While today the male member of Slovak nation is called ''Slovák'', the original name for such person would be approx. ''Sloven''. This is evident from the endonym of the country (''Slovensko''), and also the name for Slovak female (''Slovenka'') or language (''slovenský jazyk''). This change, purely linguistical, occurred starting in 14th century, applying the newer suffix ''-ák/-ak/-iak'' to the stem word ''Slov''. This change most likely originated in neighbouring Bohemia, which is probably the reason why it never completely permeated Slovak language (compared to the Moravia, Moravian region of Moravian Slovakia, Slovácko, so called Moravian Slovakia). ** Lechites (Lechitic group) *** Polish tribes **** Lendians, in east Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia (Poland and Ukraine). Ancestors of Poles **** Masovians, tribal confederation, in Mazovia, Poland. Ancestors of Poles **** Polans (western), tribal confederation, in Greater Poland, Poland. Ancestors of Poles. **** Silesians (tribe), Silesians / Silesians (tribe), Silezane / Silesians (tribe), Slezane, Silesia, tribal confederation, Poland. Ancestors of Poles and Silesian Germans ***** Besunzane / Bezunchane (''Bieżuńczanie'') ***** Bobryane (''Bobrzanie'') ***** Dyedoshane (''Dziadoszanie'') / Dadosesani ***** Golensizi (''Golęszyce''), in Upper Silesia ***** Lubushane (''Lubuszanie'') ***** Lupiglaa (tribe), Lupiglaa (in today's Głubczyce region) ***** Opolans / Opolini (''Opolans, Opolanie''), in Silesia ***** Silesians (tribe), Silesians proper / Silesians (tribe), Silezane proper / Silesians (tribe), Slezane proper (''Ślężanie'') ***** Tryebovane (''Trzebowianie'') **** Vistulans, in Lesser Poland, tribal confederation, Poland. Ancestors of Poles *** Pomeranians (Slavic tribe), Pomeranians, tribal confederation, in Pomerania, Germany and Poland. Ancestors of Poles (people), Poles, Kashubians, and Slovincians **** Goplans, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland. Ancestors of Poles **** Kashubians, in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland **** Prissani / Prissani, Pyritzans (Pyrzyczanie), in Pomerania, Poland. Ancestors of Poles **** Slovincians, a West Slavic tribe that lived between lakes Gardno and Łebsko near Słupsk in Pomerania. **** Wolinians / Uelunzani, on Wolin island, Pomerania, Poland. Ancestors of Poles *** Polabian Slavs, Polabians (Wends) **** Veleti (Wilzi) (Polabians, Northern Polabians), in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ***** Lutici, tribal confederation, northeastern Germany. ****** Bethenici (Bethenici, Bethenzi or Bethenici, Bechelenzi) ****** Doshane ****** Four Core tribes (Lutici) ******* Circipania, Circipane, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ******* Kessinians, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ******* Redarians ******* Tollensians, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ****** Hevelli (Havolane), in Brandenburg, Germany, by river Havel. ******* Smeldingi ****** Morizani / Morichane ****** Rani (Slavic tribe), Rani / Rani (Slavic tribe), Rujani, on Rügen, Germany. ****** Sprevane, in Brandenburg, Germany, by river Spree. ****** Stodorane (Lutici Stodorane) ****** Ukrani, in Uckermark and Vorpommern-Greifswald, Germany. ***** Obotrites / Obotrites, Reragi (Polabians, Northern Polabians), tribal confederation, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ****** Belesem / Byelozem = "White Earth" or "White Earth Tribe", they lived scattered in Oster Walde / Osterwalde - "Eastern Woods" in the Old Mainland Saxons, Saxon view, west banks of the Elbe river ****** Drevani = "Wood" or "Wood Tribe", they lived scattered in Oster Walde / Osterwalde - "Eastern Woods" in the Old Mainland Saxons, Saxon view, west banks of the Elbe river) (Osterwalde and Luneburg Heath also matched the land where the Langobards lived for a time before migrating towards South) (mostly in today's Lower Saxony, in the Hanoverian Wendland, Germany) ****** Linones, in the region around Lenzen (Elbe), Lenzen. ****** Lipani, tribe that lived scattered in the west banks of the Elbe river ****** Obotrites proper / Obotrites, Northern Obotrites (Wismar Bay to Lake Schwerin). ****** Polabians (tribe), Polabians proper, in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ****** Travnjane east of the Trave. ****** Wagri / Wagrians (the eastern Holstein as part of Old Saxony, Saxony). ****** Warnabi / Warnower, in Mecklenburg (Germany), (the upper Warnow and Mildenitz (river), Mildenitz). **** White Serbs, Polabian White Serbs / White Serbia, Boiki (Polabians, Southern Polabians), in Saxony and Lower Lusatia, Germany. Ancestors of Sorbs, and part of the tribal groups that migrated towards southeast and south of the Danube are the ancestors of Serbs. ***** Polabian Serbs (Polabians, Elbe Serbs) ****** Sorbs (tribe), Sorbs / Sorbs (tribe), Old Sorbs (''Sorbs (tribe), Srbove''), tribal confederation, roughly in Southern Brandenburg, East Saxony-Anhalt (east of the Saale river) and Upper Saxony, roughly in the east of the Middle Elbe river basin. ******* Khutitsi ******* Lusatians-Milceni ******** Lusatians (tribe), Lusatians, in Lower Lusatia, Germany. Ancestors of Sorbs (Sorbs, Modern Sorbs) in Lower Lusatia. ******** Milceni, Milchane (''Milčané'') / Milceni / Milzeni, in Upper Lusatia, Germany, and in an area of far north Bohemia. Ancestors of Sorbs (Sorbs, Modern Sorbs) in Upper Lusatia. ******* Moinwinidi ******* Nishane ******* Nizitsi ******* Polabian Serbs proper (Sorbs Serbs or ''Sorbs Serbs, Srbi''), they gave the name to the tribal confederation (''Sorbs (tribe), Srbove'').

South Slavs

Distribution of Croatian ethnonym in the Middle Ages

The South Slavs, South Slavic tribes descend mainly from the

that were the Slavs that lived south of the Danube river after Slavic migrations from the end of the 5th to 8th centuries, originally they came from the regions north of the Danube and migrated south spreading throughout east Eastern Alps, alpine slopes, west Pannonian Plain (west of the Danube), and the Balkans, they had more close ties with the Veneti, ancestors of the

(some west slavic and south slavic tribes have the same ancestors), than with the Antes, ancestors of the

. Over time, South Slavs, evolved into a new Slavic ethnolinguistic group, this phenomenon was accentuated by the Bavarians, Bavarian expansion towards east (part of the Ostsiedlung) and by the Magyar people, Magyar settlement and expansion in the Pannonian Plain (roughly today's Hungary), that severed the contiguous land or territory between West and South Slavs (in the Middle Danube river basin) and contact between both of them and contributed to a greater differentiation. They predate the medieval identities formed after the East–West Schism, Great Schism. *

/ Slavini (common ancestors of most of the South Slavs) ** West South Slavic group *** ''Bosnians'', inhabited central parts of Bosnia, between the rivers of Upper Neretva on the south, Middle Bosna (river), Bosna and the Krivaja (Bosna) on the north, Upper Drina on the east and Upper Vrbas (river), Vrbas on the west. Theories of them being descended from the

exist. *** Braničevci / Braniches, in eastern Serbia *** Carantanians / Carniolan Slavs / Old Slovenes / Southern ''Slovene'' (''Sloventsi''), tribal confederation, in Austria and Slovenia. Ancestors of Slovenes (particularly Carinthian Slovenes). They descend in part from Principality of Nitra, Nitran Slavs (Northern Slovenes) that were also partial ancestors of modern Slovaks. **** Dudleipa (may have been a branch of the

) **** Duliebi (may have been a branch of the Dulebes) **** Stodorane (Caranthanian Stodorane) **** Susili *** Duklja, Docleani / Diokletlians, in southern Montenegro (see also Tribes of Montenegro) *** Guduscani, in Lika, Croatia *** Kanalites, in southern Dalmatia *** Merehani / Southern Merehani / Southern Moravians (''Moravci / Moravtsi''), in (South) Morava River (Serbia), Morava river, eastern Serbia. They descend from Merehani, Moravian / Merehani tribal groups that migrated south of the Danube and over time differenciate themselves and were assimilated into South Slavs. *** Narentines / Neretvians, in southern Dalmatia *** Pannonian Slavs, in west Pannonian Plain, west of the Danube river, roughly in today's west Hungary. They were assimilated by Magyars after they settled in Hungary. **** Dulebes, Pannonian Dulebes **** Sava Slavs, roughly in the plain between the Sava River, Sava and Mura River, Mura rivers. Ancestors of part of Croats. *** Praedenecenti / Praedenecenti, Eastern Abodriti / Praedenecenti, Eastern Obotrites, in Banat. They descend from Abodriti / Obotrites tribal groups that migrated south of the Danube and over time differenciate themselves and were assimilated into South Slavs. *** Timočani, in eastern Serbia *** Travunians / Travunija, Terbunians, in Herzegovina and western Montenegro *** White Croats, in Western Ukraine, Lesser Poland and Bohemia, ancestors of Croats ****

*** White Serbs / Sorbs (tribe), Sorbs, in Lower Lusatia, Germany. Ancestors of Sorbs and Serbs **** Serbs *** Zachumliani / Zachlumians, in southern Dalmatia ** East South Slavic group *** Berziti / Berziti, Bersites, in Ohrid, North Macedonia *** Drougoubitai / Draguvites, in Southern Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Greek Macedonia *** Keramisians, in North Macedonia and Greek Macedonia. *** Marvaci / Marvatsi, in Rhodopes, southern Bulgaria and northern Greece *** Milcovci / Miltsovtsi *** Seven Slavic tribes (or Seven Slavic tribes, Seven Slavic Clans) (Heptaradici / Eptaradici - "Seven Roots"?), tribal confederation, in northern Bulgaria and Southern Romania that formed the basis of the Bulgarians, Slavic Bulgarians (after later being conquered by the Turkic origin Bulgars that formed much of the Aristocracy and led to the name change of the people and language) **** Unknown tribes (unknown names) *** Severians, in Dobrudja, / Severians, Severes / Severians, Severi (Balkan Severians), northeast Bulgaria and Southeastern Romania, the Severians were an East Slavs, East Slavic tribe, part of the tribal groups that migrated southward and southwestward and formed a union with the Seven Slavic tribes (to form the Bulgarians, Slavic Bulgarians) and over time differenciate themselves and were assimilated into

. *** Sklavenoi / Sclaveni Proper (Slavic tribes of Greece, including Greek Macedonia) **** Baiounitai / Baiounitai, Bainuites / Vajunites, originally in Greek Macedonia, Macedonia, later in Epirus (Vagenetia) **** Belegezites / Belegezites, Velegezites, in Thessaly **** Ezerites / Eremites, Erezitai, in the Peloponnese **** Melingoi, in the Peloponnese **** Rynchines / Rhynchinoi, also Rynchines, Recchines, in Greek Macedonia (Southern Macedonia), Northern Chalkidiki and southern slopes of the Rhodopes. **** Sagudates, in southern Greek Macedonia *** Smolyani, in the Rhodopes, southern Bulgaria and northern Greece *** Strymonites, near the Struma (river), Struma river, southern Bulgaria and northern Greece

Unclassified Slavs

* Sittici / Zhytychi / Zuireani? * Zeriuani, Zerivani / Zeriuani / Zeriuani, Zeruiani (same as the Chervyani? Severians?

? Unlikely, Chervyani, Severians and Drevlians can not be the same tribe, because in Slavic languages: Chervyani - red ones (Red Croatia, Red Croats), Severians - northern ones, Drevlians - wood people) * Znetalici

Possible Slavs

Unclassified

* Miloxi * Uerizane / Verizane

Slavs or Balts

*Neuri / Neuri, Navari (a people mentioned by

)

Slavs, Balts or Finnic

* Budini * Vends (Livonia)

Slavs or Romance peoples

* Bolokhovians / Bolokhoveni / Bolokhovens (East Slavs, East Slavic tribe or Vlachs, Valachians? the similar name to Valachians could have been only coincidental)

Slavs or Turkics

* Sebbirozi / Sebbirozi, Zabirozi / Zabrozi / Sabirs (possibly Turkic peoples, Turkic)

Unclassified peoples or tribes

Mentioned by Bavarian Geographer and possibly Baltic peoles, Baltic Indo-European * Thafnezi / Athfenzi / (Y)athfengi? (possibly Yatvingians) Mentioned by Bavarian Geographer and possibly Iranian peoples, Iranian Indo-European * Lucolane / Lucolani (possibly Alans, Alan Sarmatians, Sarmatian Iranian peoples, Iranians) * Serauici / Seravici (possibly Alans, Alan Sarmatians, Sarmatian Iranian peoples, Iranians) Mentioned by Bavarian Geographer and possibly Turkic peoples, Turkic * Attorozi (possibly Turkic peoples, Turkic) * Aturezani (possibly Turkic peoples, Turkic) * Chozirozi / Khazars, Caziri (possibly the Khazars) * Uuilerozi / Vilerozi / Bilerozi (possibly Turkic peoples, Turkic) Mentioned by Bavarian Geographer and possibly Uralic languages, Uralic * Neriuani / Nerivani / Merivani (possibly Uralic languages, Uralic, the Merya people, Merya?)Koncha, S. (2012). ''Bavarian Geographer On Slavic Tribes From Ukraine''. http://ukrbulletin.univ.kiev.ua/Visnyk-16-en/Koncha.pdf Ukrainian Studies. 12. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. pp. 15–21. Mentioned by Bavarian Geographer and Unknown * Thadesi

Sources

* Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture''. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. * Barford, Paul M (2001), ''The Early Slavs: Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe'', Cornell University Press, * Gimbutas, Marija Alseikaitė (1971), ''The Slavs'', Thames and Hudson, * Koncha, S. (2012). ''Bavarian Geographer On Slavic Tribes From Ukraine''. http://ukrbulletin.univ.kiev.ua/Visnyk-16-en/Koncha.pdf Ukrainian Studies. 12. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. pp. 15–21.

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